Building hand-foot combinations - Advanced rhythmic concepts - Strategic accent positioning - Improvisational concepts - Creative warm-ups

Cutting-edge techniques to master 4-limb independence from German drum sensation Marco Minnemann. His method will dramatically increase independence and coordination skills and help develop facility on the drumset in all styles. Included are patterns, melodies for two limbs, extreme hi-hat and flam techniques, extreme soloing and independence grooves, and more. A bonus section includes play-along material from Marco's solo CDs and actual workshop sheets from his amazing clinics. Interdependence: the ability to switch any pattern to any limb at any time---complete freedom!

This book/CD package has been developed so that the beginning to intermediate drummer can practice in a wide range of styles along with all-star musicians Mike Stern on guitar and John Patitucci on bass. The styles covered include straight eighths, shuffle (blues), sixteenth-note feel, hip-hop (jazz funk), pop ballad, reggae (shuffle), and rock. Contains perforated "road map" charts for each tune.

Created for drumset players who find themselves in a creative rut, this book and audio package easily breaks down the mystery behind subdivisions, rhythmic modulation, rhythmic scales and beat displacement. The author makes the transition from mathematics to musicality with an easy and systematic approach.

This unique book is a state-of-the-art resource for developing total control of the 40 Percussive Arts Society rudiments with immediate results---and in a musical context. Each rudiment includes a collection of short exercises and solos, allowing the player to understand how each rudiment is put together and how it can be played in the most efficient and controlled manner utilizing the particular skills learned. The recordings include selected exercises with the rudiment solo and accompaniment for each, plus ten groove tracks for use with the exercises. For beginning to advanced players.